Fresh off his "climate disruption"-driven endorsement of President Obama, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has chosen to divert critical food supplies and power generators from desperate residents of Staten Island to Sunday's New York City Marathon...

I could not believe it several days ago when I was told the marathon would not be cancelled.

Besides all the points raised in the article, every single hotel room in NYC is booked. Those rooms should be available to the people who are suffering in the dark, especially those with ailing elderly people in their family.

I wish I had been handed one of those petitions. There’s a word for what Bloomberg is. It begins with a five-pointed symbol for celebrity and ends with an obscenity.

Youre right, this is not at all funny. People are cold, hungry and desperate and this blooming asshat takes the only lifeline, not to mention the police resources, to make a race happen. I’d love a list of companies sponsoring this event.

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posted on 11/02/2012 3:01:22 AM PDT
by muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)

Who said this was funny? I’m not talking about Staten Island - but NYC and Bloomberg. I guess they did elect Rudy though. I’d lay odds that Rudy wouldn’t have diverted the food and generators for a marathon.

Rudy would be much better in this situation. I guess the other poster I also was reacting to acted like it was funny, but you made it seem like it was ok to leave them homeless and hungry because they had voted Bloomberg in. I was just pointing out Staten Island voted for McCain and is run by a Republican Borough President. This is Bloomberg, the liberal moron, not caring for the part of the city that remains the most conservative.

Any runner who participates in this travesty is sub human (like Bloomberg) and should be shunned by all decent members of society. There could well be riots and attacks on the runners on Sunday. Bloomberg and the runners are spitting in the faces of the millions of area residents who are without power, heat, gas and in some cases homes. Bloomberg is the most vile politician in America by a wide margin, even over Obama and Pelosi.

Any runner who participates in this travesty is sub human (like Bloomberg) and should be shunned by all decent members of society. There could well be riots and attacks on the runners on Sunday. Bloomberg and the runners are spitting in the faces of the millions of area residents who are without power, heat, gas and in some cases homes. Bloomberg is the most vile politician in America by a wide margin, even over Obama and Pelosi.

There’s an article at my local paper’s website saying that some runners from here have decided not to go to New York because they think it’s tacky. According to the article, Bloomberg says “the show must go on” because businesses are counting on the attendees for sales, rentals, etc.

(I rarely look at the local Communist media, but I was looking for information on a major traffic jam yesterday. Nothing mentioned ...)

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posted on 11/02/2012 3:58:07 AM PDT
by Tax-chick
("Decency requires that they be voted out of office as an act of urgent political hygiene." ~Steyn)

The marathon goes on, and Bette Midler got her party-- don't tell me that NYC doesn't have its priorities straight.

Add in Nanny Bloomberg's "global warming" endorsement of Obama, the turning away of non-union utility help, the argument over whether "cash only" charities of their own choosing are welcome, the "we only want the NYPD having guns" dismissal of National Guard help and similar glimpses from the past few days, and this dumb, pig-slopping, flyover country rube is a bit disillusioned. I reckon I'm just too gol-derned ignorant to understand the subtle nuances of the East Coast ruling class.

We have a few worthless politicians and personalities out here that are persistent as ticks (and just as pleasant), but you FReepers and like-minded people who live in NYC and the surrounding areas bear some crosses beyond all enduring.

Mr. niteowl77

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posted on 11/02/2012 4:01:59 AM PDT
by niteowl77
(Getting stuck with other peoples' just desserts good and hard for over 50 years.)

Since liberals like protesters so much, I’m sure Bloomberg would love it if a few thousand people blocked the route at several points with a mass protests. Think of the mess and liability there would be for the organization that profits from this race.

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